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Library ResourceJanuary, 2005India
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2005India
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2013India
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2015India
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2014Nepal
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Library ResourceJanuary, 2017India
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2006India, Southern Asia
The paper outlines issues arising in a planning process with a poor tribal group who have no legal title to the land where their homes have been for decades. Families live with the constant fear of eviction, an ever-increasing occurrence in Thane District where land prices are rising rapidly due to proximity to Mumbai. The character of the project was identified and a planning approach and management tool was selected. Six months later, a second assessment was done and project modalities adjusted.
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Library ResourceReports & ResearchDecember, 2005Sri Lanka
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Library ResourcePolicy Papers & BriefsApril, 2020Kenya, India, Global
In late March, Indian Premier Narendra Modi imposed a three-week lockdown to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus. Since then, tens of thousands of migrant workers who had previously provided cheap labour in wealthy homes or on construction sites in the nation’s growing metropolises have been making their way back to their rural home regions.
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Implementing the Urban Community Resilience Assessment in Vulnerable Neighborhoods of Three Cities
Reports & ResearchDecember, 2018Brazil, Indonesia, IndiaClimate change affects poor and marginalized communities first and hardest. Particularly in cities, a lack of access to basic services, a long history of unsustainable urban development, and political exclusion render the urban poor one of the most vulnerable groups to climate induced natural hazards and disasters. Yet strategies focused on reducing these people’s vulnerability to climate change often overlook crucial differences in their needs and situations.
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